Durham area schools hire teachers and community notes
Miss Jessie Massey accepts a teaching post at Statesville Graded School starting Sept 16. Ina Massey becomes Lowe's Grove principal on Sept 30. Addie Upchurch heads to Raleigh to attend Baptist University for Women. Miss Cornelia Barbee promotes a music department at Patrick Henry School after a Durham Conservatory certificate. The community records baptisms at Bowling's Mill and weekly church events, plus local visits, a Rougemont school opening, and baseball results for Caldwell boys over Hurdle Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Massey
Statesville
Massey
Normal College
Greensboro
High Point
Cornelia Barbee
Patrick Henry School
Durham Conservatory of Music
Addie Upchurch
Oxford Seminary
Durham
Raleigh
Baptist University For Women
Miss Upchurch
Ina Massey
Lowe's Grove School
State Normal College
Littleton College
Bessie Tilley
Mollie
Addie
Wm. Billings
Henry Bowling
Bowlling's Mill
Roxie Critcher
John
David Andrews
Bowen
W. M.S
Redmountains
J. E. Bowling
William Bowling
Corinne Bowling
Sam H. Jones
Granville County
Jones
Lillian
Dry section awaits refreshing showers amid horn worm outbreak
The article notes extreme dryness and farmers hoping for rain while tobacco fields face horn worm infestation with a farmer reporting twenty seven worms on a single leaf. It also covers local church services and social visits among residents, plus a civil suit seeking 10000 dollars over a four year old child’s death in a traffic incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Tilly
Robert Tilly
Ple
D. M. Robinson’s
Connie W Page Dies After Brief Illness at Watts Hospital
Connie W Page 28 son of G W Page and deputy clerk in C B Greens office died at Watts Hospital last Wednesday at 3 PM from typhoid fever After a two week illness he passed peacefully Survived by father mother one brother and three sisters funeral held at Second Baptist church with Reverends Barrett and Triplett and burial at Bethesda church Special notice: local obituary noting his valued character and family presence in the community before burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Union Grove
Lizzie Broadwell
Bessie Dixon
Ellen Marshall
Durham
J. E. Ferrell
J. E. Ferguson
Calvin King
Belle Ross
Sara Rigsbee
Pearl O’neal
Connie W. Page
G. W. Page
C. B. Green
Watts Hospital
W. E. Page
Asheville
Lula Weatherspoon
Frank Wrenn
Emma Stanley
Page
Second Baptist Church
W. C. Barrett
Farmers End Tobacco and Fodder Work Amid Pleasant Weather
The community notes the end of tobacco and fodder pulling while potatoes and turnips thrive after rain. Indian summer offers mild days and falling yellow leaves. Tom Carver hosted a melon slicing and ice cream supper with a large crowd. A local youth injured by Cupid’s arrows laments his confession. Buffalo residents attend Little River church. Rev M C Arrowood delivers two sermons. Sadie, Kate Pool stay with Annie and Myrtle Wilson. Birdie Clements visits from Brag Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Carver
Buffalo
Little River
M. C. Arrowood
Sadie
Kate Pool
Annie
Myrtle Wilson
Birdie Clements
Bragtown
Serious Cutting Affair in Durham’s Fowler Hill
A jealous lover Tim Walden attacked Helen Turner at her home Wednesday night. He carved her with a knife, leaving her near death, and fled. deputies search for the fugitive as doctors work to save the wounded woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Fowler's Hill
Tim Walden
Helen Turner
Weil
Woman Mistakes Atropine Morphine for Medicine
On Thursday night Mrs. John P. Royster took what she believed were morphine tablets but had taken Atropine Morphine. Physicians treated her to counteract effects and reported she passed the danger line and began resting well after intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Bowen
Bowen
Redmountain
Mr. Bowen
Woman’s Missionary Society
W. T. Carver
John Rhew
Grover Tilly
Raleigh
John P. Royster
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Rougemont
Hardie Mills
Susan Malone
Ruth
Ralph Malone
Goldsboro
Robert Warren
W. A. Warren
Cuba
Annie Coleman
Littleton Female College
Edgar Warren
University
Luna Satterfield
Elon College
Iva Harris
Maddry
Katy May
Clara Compton
Ridgeville
E. M. O'Brien
Martha Daniel
William Snipes
Roxboro
D. Z. O'Briant
Caswell
Caldwell
Hurdle Mills
Igoment
Route
Pearl Weddenes
Emma Miller
Lillie
Hall
William Harris
Hillsboro
Mr. Harris
Pattie
Eva Gates
Lacey Maddox
West Durham
Sue Cothran
M. R
Morrisville
R. D. Horner
T. E. Cheek
Orowers
Cheek
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
B. N
Duke
Ing
J. Dd
J. B. Mason
J.B. Duke
American Sea Company
Y. E. Smith
Durham Cot .&Fg
C. L. Haywood
Haywood Ging
J. H. SouraGate
Southgate’ Son
R. H. Riesser
Q. E. Raws
American Tobacco Co
J.S. Manning
N. M. Johnson
Citizens National Bank
Depository OF the People
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
U. S
U.S
Capital
Home Savings Bank
Durham, North Carolina
George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
Ww. W. S
B. Peirce, Jr
Katie L. Johnson
East Main Street
Durham, N. C
DeVoe
House of Harn
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